The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has conveyed his stance to reduce the wages of employees who participate in the sit-at-home, a directive by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He firmly maintained that this trend must be discontinued.
During the commemoration of the 2023 May Day at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, he articulated these sentiments to the state workers.
Soludo said, “Monday sit-at-home has become an excuse for workers to stop coming to work on Mondays. This cannot continue. You cannot be working for just four days a week and earn full salaries.
“We must get back to working on Mondays. If we do not go to work, we must not get our full salary. We must be paid proportionally with the number of days we work. If we must continue staying away from work on Mondays, then we will start coming to work on Saturday.
“You must do your work and we cannot be working for 70 per cent and earn 110 per cent. We will cut your salaries when you fail to come work on Monday.”
The governor had in December increased the workers’ salaries by 10 per cent while pleading with them to start resuming work on Mondays.
Despite IPOB’s announcement of the suspension of the Monday sit-at-home in the South-East as a form of protest against the arrest of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the people still observe it due to the fear of potential attacks.
